Child-porn suspect's suicide in Hilliard follows raid

Shooting at police HQ is hours after search of his home

View SlideshowRequest to buy this photoFRED SQUILLANTEThe parking lot outside Hilliard police headquarters was where John T. Callicotte, 46, fatally shot himself yesterday. Federal agents had seized items from his home in the city earlier.

Child-porn suspect's suicide in Hilliard follows raid -

The man who shot himself to death at the Hilliard police headquarters yesterday was a suspect in
a federal criminal investigation into child pornography, authorities said.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement searched John T. Callicotte's Hilliard home around 7
a.m. yesterday, according to police.

Agents were looking for evidence of child pornography, a search warrant filed in U.S. District
Court shows.

Although known for immigration enforcement, ICE also enforces federal laws governing trade and
immigration, which includes investigating people who are suspected of sexually exploiting children
via the Internet.

About three hours after the ICE search, Callicotte shot himself in the parking lot outside
police headquarters at 5171 Northwest Parkway, police said.

ICE spokesman Khaalid Walls declined to comment further on the investigation, including details
about what was seized from Callicotte's home and the circumstances of his death.

Callicotte, 46, had not been charged with a crime, court documents show.

Callicotte, of Edgewyn Avenue in Hilliard, died at Riverside Methodist Hospital after the
shooting, according to police.

A woman who answered the phone at Callicotte's house said she would not comment on the
investigation or Callicotte's death.

The federal child-pornography investigation will continue, according to Walls.

"A forensics examination will be performed on the items seized at the home," he wrote in an
email.